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Introduction
PrintShop Web comes with a framework for managing and describing modules. Modules are used to
add or customize functionality in specific areas of the application. One of these areas is the integration
of Management Information Systems (MIS)
The MIS Connector Framework is build on top of this module framework and is called at order creation
and order status changes. MIS Connectors are used to automatically transfer order information from
PrintShop Web to external MIS systems.
This document describes the MIS Connector Framework and the options of the XML to File connector.
XML to File connector
The XML To File connector is a generic MIS connector that ships with PrintShop Web. It uses common
technologies and methods to communicate between applications. Order information is written to XML
files and in addition this data can be sent to an external applications/web servers capable of receiving
POST data. Optionally a XSLT style sheet can be applied to change the structure of the XML data.
The source files of the this connector are publicly available and not encrypted. This allows third parties,
such as system integrators, to modify its functions and/or add functionality. This connector is entirely
written in the PHP scripting language.